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KQKS, also known as ''KS107.5'', is a very successful Rhythmic Top 40 radio station. It is owned by Entercom, serving the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area. The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 megahertz (MHz) with an ERP of 91 kilowatts (kW), is licensed to Lakewood. KQKS' current slogan is ''#1 For Today's Hottest Music'', which they use to reflect its current musical mix of R&B, hip hop and Rhythmic Pop hits. Its studios are located in the Denver Tech Center district, and the transmitter is in Lakewood on Green Mountain. ==KQKS history== KQKS origins began in 1986, when Western Cities Broadcasting purchased KLMO-FM Longmont, Colorado and moved the transmitter site closer to Denver to enter the Denver Top 40 wars. At the time, the station was at 104.3 and was known as KS104. By 1989, they evolved into a Dance-leaning rhythmic contemporary hit direction, but by 1993, they would start shifting back to a mainstream Top 40 direction again after they were left standing as the only Top 40 in the market. However, by 1995, they would see new competition from two new stations, KHHT (K-HITS 107.5) and KALC (Alice 105.9), going after listeners with a mainstream Top 40 direction. As a result of this, KQKS returned to rhythmic contemporary hits that year. But by 1996, KQKS would receive a major jolt when their air staffers defected to another new rhythmic contemporary hit radio station, KJMN (JAM'N 92.1) and began attacking them on-air and on the streets. That would all change. In November 1996, Western Cities sold KS104 to Jefferson-Pilot, who kept the station jock-less for 4 months. Jefferson-Pilot was also the owner of KHHT at the time. But on February 23, 1997 history would be made in the market when Jefferson-Pilot moved KQKS to 107.5 and relaunched it as KS1075, replacing KHHT's ill-fated Top 40 format and turning KQKS' former home at 104.3 into a Classic Country outlet (they are now a Sports outlet). The move would also pay off in the ratings as well, resulting in KJMN throwing in the towel on March 30, 1997. Since then KQKS has faced several competitors, but no one has even come close to toppling them since, especially in the Arbitron PPMs, where they maintained a top 5 status in the Denver ratings. In 2009, Clear channel flipped KPTT (who had once competed against them as Top 40/CHR KFMD from 2000 to 2005) to Rhythmic Top 40, resulting in KQKS adding more rap to its playlist. While Rap and Hip-hop accounts for over 50% of KS1075's playlist, the station, like most of the other Rhythmics in the United States, has added some Rhythmic Pop/Dance tracks due to changing tastes among its listeners. As of 2015, KQKS continued to compete against KPTT, who has shifted back to Top 40/CHR. The current airstaff includes Larry, Kendall and Kathie J in the morning,〔("10 Questions with ... The KS 1075 Morning Show" from All Access (February 3, 2010) )〕 mid-days with Tony V, afternoons with DJ Chonz, Ya Girl Cedes at nights. Buhrm Gotti, Unique and Kingdom work weekends, and mixers DJ Chonz, DJ Dizzy D, DJ Tanastadi, DJ Baby Boy, DJ Staxx and DJ Nunez provide mixing duties. In 2005, Lincoln Financial Group acquired Jefferson-Pilot, thus in turn resulted in LFG becoming KQKS' parent company due to LFG's decision to keep J-P's broadcasting properties in its portfolio despite turning down offers by other broadcasting groups to sell the stations. On April 3, 2006 KQKS and the other stations began replacing the ownership on-air liners "A Jefferson-Pilot Station" with "A Lincoln Financial Station" as LFG retired the JP name. In June 2007, Lincoln announced that would put its television and radio stations up for sale. KQKS, along with its sister stations in Denver was among the properties being shopped around by Lincoln, until the company suspended those plans in 2008 due to financial concerns. On December 8, 2014 Entercom purchased Lincoln Financial Group's entire 15-station lineup in a $106.5 million deal, and operated the outlets under a LMA deal. On December 22, 2014, Entercom announced that it will retain KQKS and its current format.〔("Entercom Acquires Lincoln Financial Media" ) from Radio Insight (December 8, 2014)〕 The FCC approved the deal on June 26, 2015.〔("FCC OKs Lincoln Financial-Entercom Deal" ) from All Access (June 26, 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KQKS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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